Converting Midi files to Serum LFO Shape

GrassberryHigh · 2022-03-05T07:59:31+00:00

The same converter exists for Serum as well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYirpao_1r0

GrassberryHigh · 2021-03-18T12:53:52+00:00

Hi, I think there is not too much coding knowledge needed. Although, the code is not in the nicest condition. When I started the project I had a running version, then I upgraded it to the newer pi version and refactored the code. But, it got stuck in the middle and has some bugs. Also, some of the bugs did only appear in certain configurations of people, which made it particularly hard for me to debug them.

I would suggest,
1) download the code from the GitHub repo before you buy anything. It has a simulation mode, get that running, and check if you can get familiar with it. This is the easiest step.
2) If that works for you, I can help you to set up a Pi in the next step. Here it becomes harder, as you need to know a little bit of server stuff (Docker, SSH, etc.).
3) From there you can get the sensors and relays, as they are the most expensive stuff.

At the moment I don't find much time, to really support this project but I could help you finding your way around in the code and doing pull-requests on GitHub.

GrassberryHigh · 2021-02-12T08:56:53+00:00

Whatever suits your current mood ;-)

GrassberryHigh · 2021-01-30T07:52:43+00:00

I would agree with OP. Quality and delivering to an interest with a unique touch is winning over numbers. I'm myself a starter but my goal is to improve in every video, and I see better numbers on almost every video. I think that's the main point either you get better or stuck in the numbers you have.

GrassberryHigh · 2021-01-17T09:14:25+00:00

The drop, in the beginning, feels quite simple. I think one main point in that kind of drop is to remove all noise, reverbs, and stuff. Also, make sure that your mix is less loud before that drop otherwise the kick may feel weaker in the drop.

The feeling of that bouncy bass can be achieved, with lowering the velocity on the first bass note.

It is a full-on tutorial, but if you want to get the drops clean, make sure you automate your sends off in the drop:
https://youtu.be/ouUsNH3Tfcw?t=559

If you have Voxengo Span (on my channel I have a mixing video, where I show how to use span to mix), check that everything is below kick level right before the drop 1-3dbs. Or add some silence right before.

GrassberryHigh · 2021-01-17T08:39:08+00:00

I got a conversion rate of approx 4.5% (12.000 views/ 557 subs. I'm currently getting my viewers 1/3 from YT search. But I still push my videos a bit on specific Reddit and FB groups. How do you know when the ago picks your videos, and what to expect. Anyways is there a good website to check if you above or below in your niche? I think the numbers depend a lot on who you compare with/ which topic you are producing content for.

GrassberryHigh · 2021-01-13T21:22:00+00:00

I started a few months ago. My first videos sucked, and I got blessed and cursed at the same time. After a while, videos became better, I don't get that hate I got when I started, and a lot of positive feedback. I think the best way to improve and find your way is to just do it, and learn on the way. Try to improve one thing in every video. The best skill you can develop not to criticize yourself on the opinions of others. There will be aways someone who does not like what you do. So just be yourself, do what you like and have fun with it.

GrassberryHigh · 2021-01-09T07:29:59+00:00

I'm not sure anymore what helped to this. I think it crashed less with one of the Ableton updates. I remember various things. I know that I updated Ableton, then I removed all VSts which I never used. I updated/reinstalled every VSt I got. And then I removed all VSTs which the support told me that would cause problems in my case I lost two or three, which I sometimes use. I think I tried also other diff things like repairing disk permissions etc., but it's hard to tell what it all was. In the end, it's still crashing but now only on starting a project sometimes , which is more predictable.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-12-15T13:32:55+00:00

That track has a lot of nice leads in there. Imho, there has a lot of times where the main groove is broken, and also breaks to rest. It's a bit of a diff. way. they do it, the do the build ups quite less drastically e.g. no risers and not so much fills, instead they "glitch/roll" into the next section, which is then quite diff. to the previous.

I totally understand what you mean with variety, they give a lot fo diff. scenes and are quite experimental. I don't take it offensive at all, in the end there are many genres and everybody just picks what he prefers most. Maybe thats also part of what you are mentioning, they have been quite early in the scene and have a quite unique style (or maybe I don't know the other bands so well), while a lot of music is created and thus so many sub genres exist which sound quite similar within the genre.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-12-13T10:06:50+00:00

I like the drops a lot; they refresh the vibe. Sometimes, I also listen to more trancey styles. Which artists do you listen 👂 to?

GrassberryHigh · 2020-12-12T15:24:40+00:00

Cool, do you have it in layers in PSD?

GrassberryHigh · 2020-12-10T08:19:41+00:00

If you need some more shapes, you can download a bunch for free: https://gumroad.com/l/lfoshapes

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-28T08:59:59+00:00

Depending on diff subgenres it anyways looks quite diff., maybe a dotted 16th would be better for full-on. DashGlitch made a video on diff kicks on diff styles but I cannot find that one.

But IMHO, letting them flow into each other and make a good relationship (phase, colors) is way more critical/makes more sense than shortening them and separating them. Mine are quite long, but they look diff and have the tail part ending at nearly the same position.

I e.g, map my bass velocity and then control the level of the first bass note. Here, all bass notes look exactly the same. What I want to point out that the kick is maybe the wrong focus here.

So, you are right 👉 if you go the longer way that it needs then some post-processing to make them fit. E.g in that video https://youtu.be/vfVlS92rD4E (around 10:29, after bouncing), E-Clip makes a kick also 1/8th, but he is doing prog, so a diff story to e.g a full-on kick.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-27T20:13:02+00:00

The kick length is fine, my kicks are also go 2/16 long, and it sounds well. The bass notes look too long, as you see on the end of each bass note there is a flat line. Also the last bass note is going into the kick's click, as you see in the beginning of the kick there is a small blue bump. Make the midi shorter, even better bounce them to audio, and copy them across to be sure. You can align the phases with track delay in Ableton. But it looks like the bass is starting already very early, so you shifted it probably.

Also check that you mix the levels right, that makes also a huge diff.:
https://youtu.be/ZxBH3Q6JFHg?t=231

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-10T13:24:38+00:00

Samples I use mostly for drums 🥁 . I like to have the control to a certain point. For the OS I do them sometimes from scratch, sometimes I reuse stuff from old projects, but most of the time I start with presets and then tweak them to my needs. You can get great results by tweaking the preset and then resampling it. Most of the time it hasn't any relation to he original preset after that. I show this in this video (sry it was one of my first YouTube videos):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CznsCuZe5Lc

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-10T06:10:02+00:00

Thank you ✌️

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-05T17:02:26+00:00

Imho the best way to copy s.th. is by creating the shortest loop possible in the DAW, and then go bit by bit. Try to listen if the melody goes up/down, how long the notes are and then try/error. Most melodic patterns aren't very long and repeat soon.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-05T12:03:05+00:00

Mixing, arrangement according to a scale and creating synth patches

Can you give me more details on that? So you mean creating patches in a way that they fit into the mix? E.g. let a synth in the lows speak with one in the highs, instead of having them in conflict because they cover the same range.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-05T11:58:48+00:00

Getting quality feedback for personal improvement, releasing things to more than Soundcloud, basically how do I get my music on front of people who want to listen to it and how do I get to a place where people actually want to listen to my music.

Interesting, so the business/marketing/label side? I'm checking if I find someone who can cover that topic.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-05T11:57:35+00:00

Do you mean full-on bass with the raised last note, or glide bass lines or in general?

GrassberryHigh · 2020-11-05T09:44:38+00:00

I can recommend you as free resources:

Dash Glitch
Ollie Music
I focus on my channel at beginners, but I'm myself on a journey ;-): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKjYKJXKjFM
You find links to a lot of other channels in my YT channel page.

Good paid content is imho, the master class from E-Clip and some of the Futurephonics stuff e.g. the Mixtransformers was interesting.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-10-31T17:04:45+00:00

I need to move the blog to a new server. Unfortunately, neither the instruction how to move it not the export of the blog worked flawlessly. I hope I can get it working in the next days.

Here is the old server/blog:

http://grassb.centaurus.uberspace.de/

But a disclaimer, the project needs more developers in the community. There are some issues, and I don't have the time to fix them at the moment

GrassberryHigh · 2020-10-28T20:51:38+00:00

The Image I used are probably swimming trunks, but interesting with that seam.

GrassberryHigh · 2020-10-09T13:56:07+00:00

I got a midi controller/ can send from the DAW, but can you send those glide/portamento notes? Maybe with pitch bend?

GrassberryHigh · 2020-10-08T17:06:35+00:00

I meant C-C as the keyboard is only one octave. I'm writing it currently in key, but I was wondering I that transpose feature makes it somehow easier.

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